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Summary Of Beccaria's Views On Punishment

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Beccaria’s views on punishment. Lilly, Cullen and Ball (2015), stated that Beccaria was opposed to the economic rule of society and focused more on the reform of the criminal justice system. They describe Beccaria’s views on punishment as a way to create this better society. Drug policy laws were created to guide principles within our society to preserve the innocent from engaging in drugs. Unlike Beccaria we do not use the retribution theory of an eye for an eye any longer within our criminal justice system. The criminal code must be have the individual give up some sort of liberties back to the state (Lilly, Cullen, and Ball 2015). As Beccaria explained, utilitarianism reformed the criminal and revisits the usage of incapacitation, deter

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